The first table below looks at the demand for the Storage Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Storage Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Engineer
Rank 460 455 451
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 69 129 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.149% 0.221% 0.218%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.161% 0.239% 0.235%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 87 64
Average daily rate £406 £400 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £320 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £485 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £21.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.30% +5.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+18.18% +25.71%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Storage Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Storage Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Storage Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Storage Engineer within the UK.

Storage Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Storage Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Storage Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Storage Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Storage Engineer within the UK.

Storage Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Storage Engineer
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -13 64 £425 +6.25%
London +44 45 £400 -0.12%
City of London +15 15 £408 -9.44%
South West +15 10 £450 +12.50%
Gloucestershire +15 9 £450 +12.50%
South East +9 6 £425 -15.00%
Scotland -6 5 £380 +2.70%
Berkshire - 3 £425 -
Livingston - 3 £380 -
Reading - 3 £425 -
West Lothian - 3 £380 -
Surrey +8 2 £425 -15.00%
West Midlands +5 1 £350 +19.14%
Edinburgh +5 1 £400 +8.10%
South Yorkshire +2 1 - -
Yorkshire +1 1 - -
Camberley -2 1 £425 +13.33%
East Midlands -3 1 - -
Hampshire -9 1 - -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £280 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Winchester - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 £280 -
Sheffield - 1 - -

Storage Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Storage Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Storage Engineer in their job title.

1 133 (79.17%) SAN
2 78 (46.43%) Windows
3 72 (42.86%) NetApp
3 72 (42.86%) EMC
4 68 (40.48%) HP
5 63 (37.50%) UNIX
6 53 (31.55%) NetBackup
7 44 (26.19%) NAS
8 42 (25.00%) Brocade
9 39 (23.21%) Linux
10 33 (19.64%) Cisco
11 32 (19.05%) IBM
11 32 (19.05%) Symantec
12 31 (18.45%) VMware
13 28 (16.67%) Security Cleared
14 25 (14.88%) DV Cleared
14 25 (14.88%) CLARiiON
15 24 (14.29%) Banking
16 23 (13.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
17 22 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
18 20 (11.90%) Active Directory
19 19 (11.31%) Microsoft
19 19 (11.31%) Data Protection
19 19 (11.31%) Symmetrix DMX
20 18 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
20 18 (10.71%) C
20 18 (10.71%) Finance
21 17 (10.12%) Disaster Recovery
21 17 (10.12%) Migration
21 17 (10.12%) Fibre Channel

Storage Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Storage Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Storage Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.190%) COM
2 1 (0.595%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.167%) MS Exchange
2 5 (2.976%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.190%) IIS
4 1 (0.595%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (0.595%) Apache
4 1 (0.595%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.595%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.595%) Lync
4 1 (0.595%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 133 (79.17%) SAN
2 44 (26.19%) NAS
3 17 (10.12%) Fibre Channel
4 12 (7.143%) iSCSI
5 8 (4.762%) HTTP
6 5 (2.976%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.381%) DNS
7 4 (2.381%) VPN
7 4 (2.381%) LAN
7 4 (2.381%) Firewall
8 3 (1.786%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.190%) FCoE
9 2 (1.190%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.595%) SNA
10 1 (0.595%) LDAP
10 1 (0.595%) VoIP
10 1 (0.595%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.595%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.595%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.595%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 24 (14.29%) Banking
2 18 (10.71%) Finance
3 9 (5.357%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.381%) Financial Institution
4 4 (2.381%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.381%) Law
5 3 (1.786%) Retail
6 1 (0.595%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.595%) Publishing
6 1 (0.595%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.88%) CLARiiON
2 19 (11.31%) Symmetrix DMX
3 14 (8.333%) Celerra
4 13 (7.738%) Replication
5 12 (7.143%) Symmetrix
5 12 (7.143%) Clustering
6 10 (5.952%) EMC Centera
7 9 (5.357%) Firmware
8 5 (2.976%) Blackberry
8 5 (2.976%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (2.381%) Hedge funds
9 4 (2.381%) LPAR
9 4 (2.381%) DLPAR
9 4 (2.381%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.381%) HACMP
10 3 (1.786%) SaaS
11 2 (1.190%) IaaS
11 2 (1.190%) HP StorageWorks
11 2 (1.190%) Computer Science
11 2 (1.190%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 78 (46.43%) Windows
2 63 (37.50%) UNIX
3 39 (23.21%) Linux
4 18 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (8.929%) Solaris
6 7 (4.167%) AIX
6 7 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.381%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.190%) HPUX
10 1 (0.595%) SUSE
10 1 (0.595%) Slackware
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (11.31%) Data Protection
2 17 (10.12%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (10.12%) Migration
3 16 (9.524%) Capacity Management
4 12 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
5 9 (5.357%) ITIL
6 8 (4.762%) Data Management
7 6 (3.571%) Data Migration
8 5 (2.976%) Change Management
8 5 (2.976%) Data Analysis
9 3 (1.786%) BCP
9 3 (1.786%) Service Delivery
9 3 (1.786%) High Availability
10 2 (1.190%) Product Management
10 2 (1.190%) System Testing
10 2 (1.190%) Performance Management
10 2 (1.190%) Test Scripting
10 2 (1.190%) Problem Management
10 2 (1.190%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (1.190%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.71%) C
2 10 (5.952%) VB
3 7 (4.167%) SQL
4 6 (3.571%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.976%) Perl
6 4 (2.381%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.190%) Korn
7 2 (1.190%) VBScript
8 1 (0.595%) Python
8 1 (0.595%) Ruby
8 1 (0.595%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 28 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.88%) DV Cleared
3 6 (3.571%) Degree
4 5 (2.976%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (2.381%) NCDA
5 4 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.381%) MCSE
5 4 (2.381%) MCSA
6 2 (1.190%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.190%) MCITP
7 1 (0.595%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.595%) EMC Certification
7 1 (0.595%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.190%) QA
2 1 (0.595%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.357%) VMware ESX
3 9 (5.357%) vSphere
4 8 (4.762%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 6 (3.571%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.571%) NFS
6 4 (2.381%) SRDF
7 3 (1.786%) NDS
8 2 (1.190%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.190%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.595%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.595%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.595%) Xen
9 1 (0.595%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.595%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.595%) XenApp
9 1 (0.595%) UAG
Systems Management
1 53 (31.55%) NetBackup
2 23 (13.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 16 (9.524%) Legato
4 14 (8.333%) EMC NetWorker
5 13 (7.738%) Tivoli
6 6 (3.571%) Backup Exec
7 5 (2.976%) SCOM
7 5 (2.976%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 4 (2.381%) EMC Navisphere
9 2 (1.190%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (1.190%) OpenView
9 2 (1.190%) EMC TimeFinder
10 1 (0.595%) MIMEsweeper
10 1 (0.595%) MOM
10 1 (0.595%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 1 (0.595%) SCCM
10 1 (0.595%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.595%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 72 (42.86%) NetApp
1 72 (42.86%) EMC
2 68 (40.48%) HP
3 42 (25.00%) Brocade
4 33 (19.64%) Cisco
5 32 (19.05%) IBM
5 32 (19.05%) Symantec
6 31 (18.45%) VMware
7 19 (11.31%) Microsoft
8 14 (8.333%) Hitachi
9 12 (7.143%) Veritas
10 9 (5.357%) 3PAR
11 8 (4.762%) Red Hat
11 8 (4.762%) Oracle
12 7 (4.167%) Dell
12 7 (4.167%) Citrix
13 6 (3.571%) Sun
14 5 (2.976%) CommVault
15 4 (2.381%) NetIQ
16 3 (1.786%) Novell